Rolling mill



1, 1929. LOWY ROLLING MILL Filed May 4, 1928 U [I D III II {LID/Din 4 10 uuj Qct.

LUDHD l Patented a? 1, 1929 rte LUDWIG Low, or. nussnnnonr, GERMANY ROLLING MEL Application filed May 4, 1928. Scriabin. 275,235.

ployed in such mills for the cutting of the" rolled products. Very often the capacity of arolling mill depends on the capacity of the shears so that the installation of two simultaneously operating shears becomes imperative. But there arises the difliculty of feeding the rolled L0 products to be cut to the two shears by the same mechanism and to preventv one shear from interfering with the feeding and operation of theother shear. To solvethis problem is the object of the present invention It! which I shall now describe with reference to the. annexed drawing diagrammatically illustrating the invention. In this drawing, Fig. 1 shows in plan view a run-out table of a rolling mill, a cooling device and two shear 0 tables; Fig. 2 is a transverse section; Fig;'3 shows a crosssection of the new arrangement embodying the invention; Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3, while Fig. 5 is a similar view as Fi 3 showing the movable shear table 55 in its owered position. Fig. 6 shows a modification.

' In Fig. 1, 1 is the run-out table of a rolling mill indicated at 2. The cooling bed comprises a table 3 similar to the run-out table 1. 4 are stationary racks and 5 the transfer 'mechanisms. 6 is the first shear table and 7 the second sheartablel These two tables convey the rolled products to the shears indicated at 8 and 9 respectively. The out parts are removed by the roller tables-10 and 11 respectively.

From the rollertable 3 the rolled products are carried by the transfer mechanism 5 on to the shear tables 6 and 7, but if there :are already bars, -or other rolled products, on the shear table 6, no products can be conveyed by the transfer mechanisms 5 to the second shear table'7 aslong as shear 8 is cutting. To do this would require a crane wide enough to travel over the coolin bed to convey rolled roducts to be cut, m the racks of a the coo g bed beyond table 6 to table 7 so that both'shears 8 and 9 can operate without interfering with each other. Such a heavy crane is, of course, nneconomical in handling light partsof great length, such as rolled bars, andv also means an additional installation outside ofthe transfer mechanisms 5'cooperating with the cooling bed.

By the presentinvention, the use of a crane can be omitted and the transfer mechanisms alone are used to convey the rolled products to be cut to the two shear tables 6 and 7 and thereby to the shears 8 and 9. This new arrangement is shown in Fig. 3, in which at 13 '00 is indicated the table cooperating with; the rolling mill which table is of the same design as the tables now used. At 14 is indicated .the cooling bed provided with racks and at 15 the transfer mechanism leading to the secend shear table indicated at 17, whichtable is stationary on the floor of the mill. The

rollers heldinan eye-bearing ofi lifting racks indicated at 19. The latter are lifted by means of gears 20 mounted on a line-shaft 21 which is supported by the girder 18 and is rotated by a motor (not shown) having a reducing gear and also mounted on girder 18.

All the racks 19 areconnected by a structural so girder work 22 (Fig. 4) to a long frame not shown, which girder work carries the lifting rollers 23 of shear' table 16 and is guided by the transverse girder 18 so as to be maintained in .the correct position as itis raised 5 and lowered. 5 shows the shear table 16 after it has been lowered to receive from the transfer mechanism the rolleiproductsto be cut. Whenever the shear table 16 is raised. as shown in"Figs. 3 and 4, the shear 8 cooperating with said table starts cutting, and as the space below-shear table 16 is free, rolled products can be conveyed to shear table 17 to be cut by the shear cooperating with said table, without any interference with the operation of shear table 16 and shear The method of operation'is as follows, reference being had to Fig. 1.

The rolled products coming from the cool- 109 I ing bed are-conveyed b m'sm tojthe shear ta 'le 6 which'has been, shear tables each normally on a level the transfenmecha Qthe cooling bed and transfer means, of

lowered as shown in Fig. 5, where the table said cooling bed and said transfer means,

.is indicated at 16. The shear table is thenmeans for raising one of said shear t:

raised, and'the shear 8 cooperating therewith above said cooling bed to cooperate wi canstart to cut. Meanwhile, rolled productsv shear while permittin work pieces to bt are conveyed toshear table 7 (Fig. 1), indito the other shear ta le from said ooc cated at, 17 in Figs. 3 and 5, and the shear had, said means comprising bit ng-rad cooperating with said table also begins to 1i q 8 9 011 831d 111164 cut. Afterwards table 6, indicated at 16 in in mesh w th sald'liftmg rac s,-= and in Fig. 3, .is lowered again (Fi 5) and the f r r ta mg 1 hn h aan r' cycle f ti i t dj tion to thereby raise or lower said' shear t Should one of the shear tables due to a In testlmony whereof I fl 'my l breakdown be out of operation, then the other LUDWIG Low shear table can be operated.

In the construction shown-in Fig. 6 the raisingof shear table 16 is acomplished by means of lever-arms instead of by racks as shown in Figs. 3-5. The lever-arms 25 .are pivoted on the girder 18. The shear table is composed either of a plurality of individual motor rollers, every roller having a stationary shaft 33 and a motor built into the roller, the racks 19 in this case having" a simple eye-bracket 34 at their lower ends to hold the stationary shaft of the motor roller, or, the shear table is composed of aplurality of gear -driven rollers as shown in Fig.- 6. On the projecting end of the shaft'27 is mounted a worm-wheel 28, driven'by .& worm-gear29 on a line-shaft passing over all saidwheels .28. .The shafts. 27 of the gear rollers 26 are journalled in bearings 31 mounted in the endof'the. levers.'32 by which levers 32 all the rollers of the table can be raised or lowered --as the lever-arms 25- are rocked about their fulcrumsby mechanism not shown.

- Obviously the shear 8 cooperating with shear table 6 (16) must be located at .ahigher levelthan shear 9. The levels of the two shears are indicated in 'Fig.-3' by the lines marked A and B respectively.

. Any available powermay be used for'the alternate .raising and lowering of shear table6(16).

My invention being capable of many modifications, I do.-not, of course, limit myself -to the constructions as shown, and I claim:

In a rolling'mill, the combination with the othershear taljleg from said cooli bed.

the cooling bed and transfer means, of two shear ta'bles each normally on a level with said cooling fbedand said transfer means, one of said tables being mounted so as to be moved out of said position to cooperate with, while permittingwork pieces to 2. In a rolling' iiiiil, the combination with the cooling bed and transfermeans, "of two shear tables each normally on a level with f saidcooling bed-and said transfer means,

and means .for raising one of said shear tables above said coolingbed to cooperate with a shear while permitting workpieces to be fed to the other shear table from 'said cooling bed. 3. In strolling mill, the combination with 

